Zc Flashcards
barratry
the crime of frivolous law suits
Judge Merchan is guilty of barratry, and lawfare against Trump.
cataclysm
a disaster causing a violent upheaval
The Military Industrial Complex and Three Letter Assinine Agencies are planning a nuclear cataclysm to retain power.
byzantine
overly complex
Tax law is byzantine and needs to be eliminated and replaced by a simple system.
ambient
completely surrounding
The ambient flood waters forced the family onto their roof.
ad rem
to the point latin
The ad rem response to the complex question was appreciated.
a pod of….
seals
A pod of seals lolled on the ice floe, enticing the ravenous pod of Orcas.
dromedary and bactrian camels
dromedary =one hump
bactrian -two humps
Dromedaries are native to Arabia while Bactrian Camels are native to the Steppes of Central Asia.
resipiscence
the state of knowing you did wrong and being repentant
I suffer from resiicence.
a schismatic
one who foments disunion and chaos
Soros is a schismatic.
colluctation
noun
a collective struggle
The colluctation was led by Martin Luther King.
imprimis
adverb
firstly
Following his coronation, imprimis Henry V wanted to reestablish law and order throughout the Kingdom.
epicure
one with refined taste in food and wine
David was a true epicure.
inure
verb with object
to become accustomed to hardship
Living in Alaska he became inured to the cold.
to inure
verb without a following object
to take effect
The political change will inure on January 20th.
panacea
a cure-all
The government is foisting vaccines panaceas for any ill.
burin
a sharply pointed steel engraver’s tool
The lessons of that siege were engraved into Henry’s mind by the burin of failure.
hortatory
a rousing speech used to incite action
The Major at Gallipoli gave a hortatory against the Turks before
“going over.”
irridentism
a strong desire to regain lost territory or culture
Putin’s irridentism is insatiable.
acculturation
adapting to oneself another’s culture
Unlike German, Italian, or Irish US emigres, Islamists violently refuse acculturation.
contumacious
obstinately disobedient
Many two-year-old boys are contumacious .
sans-culottes
“without knee breeches” a term of contempt given by French Aristocrats to the plebian Revolutionaries
Insulted by day, the “Sans-Culottes” oiled their guillotines by night.
animadvert
to comment unfavorably upon someone or something
Despite embarrassingly being shown as the trivial view, Liberals continue to animadvert The MAGA party.
riant
laughing
Santa’s coal besmirched riant face poked out of the flue.
quicksilver (adj)
rapidly unpredictable and changeable
Thomas is as always quicksilver.
brio
vigor
Even at 80 he showed remarkable brio.
implacably
adverb
not capable of being placated, or appeased
The enemy attacked implacably.
She cried implacably.
railed
bitter denunciation , to curse
Hidenburg railed against the Soldiers and Workers Council that called for his abdication.
ruefully
looking in a mournful way
The losing team sat ruefully on the bench.
insouciance
lack of care or concern
With his arm resting outside his overly large and loud truck window, the tiny dip-shit feigned insouciance.
abrogate
to abolish by official action
Unless Trump’s demands of Europe are met, he should abrogate the US treaty with NATO.
conflate
to fuse into one entity
It is easy, but unfair, to conflate illegal immigrants with criminals.
assiduously
diligently and persistently
I worked assiduously to get into Medical School.
sinecure
a cushy prestigious job
Vivek and Musk will eliminate all sinecures in the Federal Government.
mendacious
untruthful
Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.
meacock
an effeminate coward
Mayorkas is a mendacious meacock.
pleionosis
an exaggerated sense of one’s importance
Whoopi’s pleionosis is obvious to all. No one gives a shit about what she thinks.
shambolic
completely disorganized and chaotic
The shambolic Federal Government needs an overhaul.
belatedly
occurring later than expected
Reinforcement arrived belatedly.
